| Effective Term: | 2025/02 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Introduction to Occupation and Occupational Therapy |
| Unit ID: | NHPOT1011 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 061703 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
The purpose of this unit is to establish an understanding of the meaning and concept of occupation and be able to apply an occupational perspective to human situations. Students will engage with the occupational therapy community and identify the foundational processes that underpin occupational therapy practice for enabling change. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | Yes - days |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | |  | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Define and analyse occupation and apply approaches to studying and classifying the relationship between occupation and time use |
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| K2. | Describe the breadth and scope of occupational therapy practice with individuals, families groups, communities, organisations and populations |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Identify the role of the occupational therapist and synthesise skills in assessing human occupation, structure and development across the lifespan |
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| S2. | Initiate, plan and implement approaches which support the rights of people in occupation and client centered practice |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply an occupational framework to analyse own experience over the life span and the influence of personal and environmental factors in occupation choice and development |
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| A2. | Define and apply core concepts of occupational therapy practice including occupational therapy process, professional reasoning and interactions of person, environment and occupation. |
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| Unit Content: |
The Ahpra and National Boards’ Shared Code of Conduct (2022); Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards (2018) and National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit. Topics may include: - The study of human occupation
- The structure of occupation
- Occupational development and change
- Occupational development across the life span
- Occupational health and wellbeing
- Occupational justice
- Occupational disruption
- Key concepts and the process of occupational therapy
- Client centred practice
- Enabling occupation
- Thinking like an OT
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | 3 - N/A | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | 3 - N/A | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | 3 - N/A | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | 1 - Yes |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, S1, S2, A1 | Developing a person occupational profile | Written assignment | 20-30% | | 2. | K1, S1, S2, A2 | Occupational interview | Interview and poster | 20-30% | | 3. | K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2 | Theory examination | Examination (Must pass assessment task) | 45-55% | | 4. | K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2 | Attendance and participation in at least 80% of workshops in preparation for clinical assessment | Attendance and participation | S/U | | 5. | K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2 | Achieving a pass result for theory examination | Examination | S/U Hurdle |
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